The JEWISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA MUNICH has developed a unique profile since it was founded by artistic director Daniel Grossmann in 2005: It sees itself as a contemporary Jewish voice, is present on a wide range of concert stages internationally and is taking unusual paths with ever new alliances and formats to make contemporary Jewish culture alive and visible to everyone - an internationally relevant concern that the orchestra carries out into the world as a matter of course. In addition to tours to Israel, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, North America and China, among others, the JCOM appears as an ambassador for Jewish culture during guest performances within Germany. It is an orchestra for all nations and religions. Its musicians come from over twenty countries, are Jewish and non-Jewish and live predominantly in Germany.
At the highest artistic level, the JCOM cultivates the rich Jewish musical tradition and a repertoire that stretches from the Baroque to the present day; it brings forgotten Jewish composers to light and fills former places of Jewish life with lively culture. The orchestra regularly commissions compositions and maintains long-term collaborations with world-famous soloists and important cultural institutions such as the Bavarian State Opera, the Museum Villa Stuck and the Munich Kammerspiele . Education and outreach projects round off the orchestra's profile.
